40-foot Whale Carcass Rots On San Diego Beach

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January 24, 1999

SAN DIEGO - Beachgoers have a fragrant reminder of the flip-side of the ocean's natural beauty: a 40-foot whale carcass rotting on the sand. The stench from the decomposing gray whale has had locals and tourists plugging their noses for more than a week, even on cliffs overlooking the cove where the whale washed up. Efforts have failed to move the 25- to 30-ton whale off the beach at Devil's Cove in La Jolla, a tony seaside village about seven miles north of downtown San Diego.